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A lot of us had tears in our eyes when we watched the finale to the brilliant historical sitcom, Blackadder. For me it has the same effect today, and so it should. Lest we forget.

Red poppies growing among the graves in Flanders inspired John McCrae’s poem ‘In Flanders Fields’ (1915). After the First World War, the poppy became a symbol of remembrance. In 1921, the British Legion held its first Poppy Appeal. We remember them. #RemembranceSunday

Australian officials have issued a reminder to shut your car doors after one wombat helped himself to several passenger seats. The notice followed complaints from visitors at a popular picnic area, where the same wombat reportedly kept climbing into parked cars while people unloaded bags or packed up lunch. At first, staff thought they were receiving several calls about one incident. Then they realized the cars were different. The passenger wasn’t. One couple waited nearly an hour before he climbed out. Another visitor said he settled into the seat before she’d even finished putting her things in the boot. Officials asked visitors to keep their doors closed and contact staff if they found an unexpected occupant. After the photos spread online, a park spokesperson clarified the situation. “He hasn’t been abandoned. He lives here. Please stop calling to say someone’s left their wombat in a car.”

Star Wars original trilogy was aired on Chilean TV for the first time in 2003. To avoid cutting to commercial breaks, they stitched the commercials into the films themselves.

Sean Lock will be looking down and thinking "I knew this day would come". He always knew Russell Brand was a wrongun.

Topical #BonfireNight #GuyFawkesNight

Imagine you’re on a fancy dinner cruise in Thailand, and suddenly the crew tells everyone to drop to the floor because the boat is about to squeeze under a bridge. That’s what happened to one tourist on day 11 of her trip. With the water running high, the bridges along the route were sitting so low that there was barely any room between the roof of the boat and the concrete above. Passengers had to get down on the floor and keep their eyes straight ahead as the boat slid underneath, close enough that standing up could have been deadly. Dinner, drinks, and a near brush with a bridge, all in one night. Would you have stayed on that boat, or asked to get off at the next stop?

Maybe I am an artist after all!?

421 years ago today Robert Catesby, Guy Fawkes and others attempted a plot to destroy Parliament with gunpowder. Their failure is celebrated every year with bonfires and fireworks, making them the sworn enemy of pets across the country.

🔥If your bonfire wasn't built today - then please MOVE IT NOW.‼️ It won't take nearly as long as you think, and then you can relax and enjoy it tonight. I've seen the face of someone handing me a hedgehog smelling like a barbecue and screaming. You never want to be that person.

26-time Carry On star Kenneth Williams gives an enchanting interview on the set of Carry On Henry in 1970. A fascinating glimpse into the mind of a comedy genius.

ASDA offering free diabetes tests directly above a mountain of chocolate. Whoever arranged that display deserves a promotion in the irony department.

Liverpool has more listed buildings than any other English city outside of London, a greater number of public sculptures than any other location in the United Kingdom apart from Westminster, and more Georgian houses than the city of Bath. ​Case in point: The magnificent Grade II* listed Martins Bank Building on Water Street. ​Beyond its interwar classical design, it holds a cracking piece of wartime history. During WWII, the Bank of England's gold reserves were secretly transported up here and hidden safely inside its vaults to protect them from the Blitz. Always puzzled me that, seeing as Liverpool got hammered by the Blitz too. ​Which of Liverpool's historic buildings is your favourite?

Experts have cracked a 400-year-old padlock. Sadly, whatever it locked had disintegrated over time. In other news, I entered my password incorrectly twice on here & had to identify twelve bloody bicycles in Belgium before logging back on. ⬇️MORE INFO⬇️ bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c69q…

Watching old-school Hollywood actors make mistakes and then let out a string of profanities—all delivered in their signature "transatlantic accent"—makes those moments even more entertaining.

In Scottish folklore, the selkie sheds its seal skin to walk on land as a human. In many tales, someone steals the skin and prevents the selkie from returning to the sea. Transformation becomes captivity when another person controls the means of changing back. #WyrdWednesday

Wind Power is one where I know to have movement in an image you have to put real energy into it, and I definitely did here. I used vigorous mark-making to pull foreground, sky and windswept trees together, with bold red and black making a strong statement. rebecca-vincent.co.uk/produc… #WindsweptTrees #AbstractLandscape #RedAndBlack

Night ~ Edward Robert Hughes

Courtesy of the Ashmolean this is the lantern that Guy Fawkes is said to have been carrying when he was captured just after midnight #otd 1605. Guy was hours away from lighting a fuse that would have led to the loss of thousands of lives, after which he planned to flee abroad.